Kelsey and Adam

elsaspet · Oct 31, 2007

Well, it's official, our own TPF poster, ACaldwell, is our assistant/3rd shooter.
She has done a wonderful job from day one. Mike and I both were blown away by her natural eye for composition. We are very lucky to have found her.
Some of the photos below are hers. Actually, some of hers our so close to our own, I'm not sure exactly whos is whos. She will be credited for those I know are hers and hopefully, if I mess up, she will jump in and let me know I messed up.
Kelsey's was a hard one. Crazy family members who were also church and wedding officials. Bad coordination on their part.
Horrible lighting. The worst. Catherdral with a candlelit only service with a spotlight ovet the couple. Talk about baptising Abby by fire. Whew!

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THIS PHOTO IS ABBY'S

3. THIS PHOTO IS ABBY'S

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photogoddess · Oct 31, 2007

Awesome stuff Cindy - even more impressive under the shooting conditions. Congrats on your new assistant.

elsaspet · Oct 31, 2007

Another setback was the fact that one of the groomsmen, also a family member had a huge biopsy for skin cancer that morning.

Before:

After:

"He's been rebuilt. Stronger than ever. Where is my 6 million bucks?" LOL

zendianah · Oct 31, 2007

yeaa for Abby!! Beautiful work Cindy. I have a wedding this Friday. I am so nervous. Its a night time wedding -- VERY low light. Outside @ 6pm. I charged them 500.00 since it was my second wedding I signed. I just PRAY I do a great job for this couple.. Even though she called and asked me will you be eating??? ARGGGHHHH of course.., Im not a frigin animal. I'll be there for 6 hours and the wedding is an 1 1/2 a way in the mountains -- SECLUDED... Sorry.. to vent !! Lovely photos as always

zendianah · Oct 31, 2007

elsaspet said:
Another setback was the fact that one of the groomsmen, also a family member had a huge biopsy for skin cancer that morning.

Before:

After:

"He's been rebuilt. Stronger than ever. Where is my 6 million bucks?" LOL

WOW !!

elsaspet · Oct 31, 2007

Zen,
You will do a great job! And yes, eat. We are on our feet more than they are. It's in our contract. We eat, or we leave for an hour.

Yeah, I'm sooooo proud of Abby. This was her first wedding, and of course it was a test of all the bad crap that can happen.
But she did great. She didn't think she did, but she did. When I narrowed it down to my fave shots, hers were right in there.
I'm going to start another wedding she worked on next week. I've taken a peeky poo, and she did some drop dead gorgeous stuff.
She will be ready to go our on her own in notime!

Allsmiles7282 · Oct 31, 2007

I think you guys did an amazing job! (especially considering the conditions!)

And congrats on your new assistant! That is super cool!

BTW, how old are they? They look 18! Or maybe I'm just getting old. lol.

elsaspet · Oct 31, 2007

I'm not sure how old.
My hubby and I make up nicks for all the brides and grooms so that we can keep them straight. There is ankle girl, princess, smart cutie, and a slew of others, but this couple, are the "16 year olds".
She's a teacher, so I know they are older than that, but still......

dpolston · Oct 31, 2007

I guess here is as good as anyplace to ask Cindy (I don't want to offend any other wedding pros here but I think you and your husband are exceptional!). How hard is it really to cover a wedding with one camera? I ask because I've been there, and weddings aren't my "main thing", but the ones I have done I always say to myself, "If I were 2 or 3 people... I'd be more prepared." I assume you shoot them with 3 cameras [photographers] (but that's only speculation).

I would love to get your take on the "dance you do [while shooting] any given wedding". What is your checklist like? (I think this is fodder for another post)

~Stella~ · Oct 31, 2007

Lovely.

On the last one - #11, can you put a rose petal on her boobs instead of the funky black splotch that I assume is a rose shadow? Or remove it altogether?

Very nice - congrats to Abby on her work as well.

CrazyAva · Nov 1, 2007

elsaspet said:
I'm not sure how old.
My hubby and I make up nicks for all the brides and grooms so that we can keep them straight. There is ankle girl, princess, smart cutie, and a slew of others, but this couple, are the "16 year olds".
She's a teacher, so I know they are older than that, but still......

We do the same thing haha.

elsaspet · Nov 1, 2007

Hi Dpolston-I'll start a new thread about it and put it into the General Shop Talk section, ok?
And thank you guys for the kind words. This wedding was a cluster from the beginning to end. Thank God for Abby.
Not one of our best for sure, but we knew these were things we couldn't control.

subimatt · Nov 1, 2007

good job, looks like you had some tough conditions!

JimmyJaceyMom · Nov 1, 2007

Hey I like her shoes in the last one. hee hee. Good job under those conditions - seems like they made the whole thing tough on you! But you work well under pressure I see.

3 and 6 are my favorites and way to go on the reconstructed eye. That's crazy!

elsaspet · Nov 1, 2007

Hang on,
I'll show you how I did it. It was kinda fun actually.
(I'll use an even worse angle.....is there one? LOL)
By the way, how do you like the location of the last one. Bwhahahahaha!
I'm surprised we weren't given instuctions by the WC about how to use our cameras too.
I. H.A.T.E.L.I.S.T.S ........especially when they are detailed right down to the "where".
Hey, I just work here. LOL.